"Xiao Shen, does it still hurt? This good-for-nothing! He's not a kid anymore, but still acts so recklessly!" The old man was furious, glaring at Yi Pin in front of him.
"Uncle, it's okay. It's just a minor injury," Shen Yu replied politely with a faint smile on his lips, looking calm and composed.
Seeing this, Yi Pin gritted his teeth in hatred. This hypocritical old man came to his home to cause such a scene.
Although Shen Yu had just blocked the stick and the cup for him, the events of that year came back to him vividly as soon as he saw Shen Yu. Yi Pin knew he would never forget them for the rest of his life.
"Go to the room right away and get the medicine in the drawer for Xiao Shen. That medicine can prevent scars!" the old man said coldly, his eyes blazing with anger. He thought that young people these days cared about their looks, and Shen Yu had such good looks that he couldn't be scarred because of this.
"Humph, I didn't ask him to take credit for himself. He's just pretending to be kind here," Yi Pin sneered, glancing at Shen Yu. But he felt a bit guilty when he saw the scar on Shen Yu's head.
"You good-for-nothing! What nonsense are you talking about!" the old man roared, his face turning red with anger as he glared at Yi Pin.
"Do you know what this hypocritical man has done?" Yi Pin shouted hoarsely, his face full of anger.
The old man's face turned ashen. He stared silently at Yi Pin, who was shouting hysterically.
"Do you know that Luo Luo died so mysteriously back then? She died with so much injustice because some evil person interfered. Didn't Uncle go abroad because of this? Have you forgotten all about it?"
Looking at Shen Yu, who still looked gentle and elegant, Yi Pin felt nauseous. Just thinking about that incident made his blood boil.
Luo Luo was Yi Pin's childhood sweetheart. They grew up together carefree.
Later, Luo Luo fell in love with Yi Feng, and they became a couple.
But their happiness didn't last long. Luo Luo was later kidnapped, raped, and killed. Her death was so mysterious that there was no explanation at all.
At that time, Yi Pin had just turned eighteen. He started his own investigation and finally got some clues.
After painstakingly investigating for a long time and expending a great deal of effort, he found out that the real culprit was Cheng Lingqing, who had hired someone to do it.
Yi Pin sued her in court. Everything was going smoothly, and Cheng Lingqing was about to plead guilty. But then, out of the blue, Shen Yu got involved.
As the lawyer for the defendant, Shen Yu actually managed to clear this heinous woman of all charges.
Originally, the woman was about to admit her guilt, but with Shen Yu's defense, she was acquitted.
That woman got away with it and lived a carefree life. Yi Feng, who had still held out a glimmer of hope that the murderer would be punished, was heartbroken. In the end, he couldn't bear to stay in this place full of pain, so he went abroad to study and never came back.
The old man had never taken this matter seriously. Clearly, the person in front of him was an accomplice who helped the evil, but the old man still treated him with courtesy.
The old man was fuming with anger, and the veins on his forehead were bulging.
Yi Pin frowned, but he couldn't give in at this moment. If he bowed to the old man, how could he face Yi Feng? And how could Luo Luo rest in peace?
"You..." The old man's hands trembled, and his anger was about to burst out.
"Isn't it true? He's just a money - grubbing villain who only cares about his own interests and completely ignores justice!"
Yi Pin sneered and stared at Shen Yu fiercely, his eyes full of hatred and confusion.
Hearing this, the old man flew into a rage and slapped Yi Pin across the face.
A burning pain swept over Yi Pin. His eyebrows knitted together, and he looked at the old man in disbelief. The old man had always scolded and beaten him, but he had never slapped him in the face before.
Today, he had done it for an outsider who had nothing to do with them.
Shen Yu frowned beside them but said nothing. He just stared at Yi Pin calmly. His confident look made Yi Pin hate him even more.
"You good - for - nothing! Get out! Get out of here now!" the old man roared, his hand still trembling from the force of the slap.
"Fine! I'll go!" Yi Pin glanced at Shen Yu, grabbed his coat, and walked out, slamming the door behind him.
The pain on his face still lingered. As he walked on the deserted street and the cold wind blew, Yi Pin was so angry that his whole body felt hot.
He lit a cigarette and squatted by the roadside to smoke.
After a while, he put out the cigarette, stood up, and hailed a taxi.
When he arrived at the hotel, he walked in with a gloomy face.
The enthusiastic receptionist greeted him with a smile. "Sir, do you want to pay by card or in cash?"
Yi Pin took out a card from his wallet and threw it at the receptionist.
He entered the room without turning on the light. Standing in front of the floor - to - ceiling window, looking at the bustling traffic outside, he felt extremely annoyed. The modern world was too impetuous. Everywhere he looked, there was nothing but chaos.
He let his phone ring and ring, but he just buried his head in the pillow and slept soundly, completely oblivious to the world.
He didn't know how long it had passed before he was awakened by the urgent knocking on the door.
Yi Pin was extremely annoyed. Didn't he say he didn't want to be disturbed? The service quality of this hotel was really questionable.
When he opened the door, he saw Shen Yu, looking gentle and elegant with a faint smile on his peach - blossom eyes, standing with his hands in his pockets, leaning against the doorframe.
"What are you doing here? You're such a nuisance," Yi Pin said with a scowl on his face, his disgust evident.
"I just came to see how a coward who can't even finish his graduation certificate is living his life," Shen Yu said with a smile on his lips, looking at Yi Pin, who was disheveled. He must have been sleeping since he was kicked out of his home.
"Humph, don't bother about me," Yi Pin sneered. His sleepy eyes fluttered, and his long, curly eyelashes were batting.
"Right. You're just like this," Shen Yu said, a hint of malice flashing in his eyes. He leaned against the doorframe without any intention of coming in.
"What the hell do you mean?" Yi Pin grabbed Shen Yu's collar and stared into his eyes fiercely.
"Just what I said. I'll leave now. Losers have no right to refute," Shen Yu said with a smile, then turned around and walked downstairs.
Watching the tall and slender figure disappear at the end of the corridor, Yi Pin felt a pang of loss.
After being mocked by Shen Yu, Yi Pin suddenly realized that it was not worth it for him to drop out of school just because of Shen Yu after four years of hard work. Moreover, he had to graduate smoothly to fight back effectively, find more evidence, and confront Shen Yu from a higher platform.
Thinking like this, he washed up and was about to go back to school. Looking at his handsome face in the mirror, he felt a bit narcissistic.
"Ding - dong!" The doorbell rang. Yi Pin frowned. What was he back for?
But when he opened the door, it was the hotel staff.
"Mr. Yi, your room reservation has expired. Please leave before two o'clock or go to the front desk to renew it."
"What?" Yi Pin was shocked. Didn't he book the room for seven days?
When he went to the front desk, an embarrassing scene unfolded.
He swiped all his cards, but none of them worked.
He thought to himself that the old man was really cruel. He had even cut off his credit cards and stopped giving him money.